Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression

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anthony_cbt   Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:55 pm 
 
Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, apologies if it is not.

I've just started up a new forum dedicated to cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt) that may be of interest to some of you.

Hope to see you there!

Best wishes,
Anthony
 

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Ezel   Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:56 pm 
 
Hi and welcome,

It would be nice if both forums could 'work hand in hand' together
 

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sunflower    Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:14 pm 

Ezel, so how can I get on with life when I am feeling so down? Does any one know how to get in some one's head and to sort their head out because I want to get back to my own self like I was before. I put in for therapy two years ago come september, but nothing has happened. I need to get onto them again because waiting lists cant be as long as that surely.
 

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Ezel   Post subject: Re: Cognitive behavioral therapy for depressionPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 10:35 pm 
 
sunflower, getting the right kind of help is the important part but I know from personal experience that the hard part is getting that. Back in 2005 I had a really good doctor who admitted he didn't understand what I was going through but understood that I was clinically depressed and needed to talk. He knew we couldn't afford to go private so got me on medication as I was at rock bottom and got me on the waiting list for NHS counselling. Unfortunately that didn't happen as we moved a few months later and we had been told it would be several months before I got an appointment.

I was lucky that the medication helped me initially and I did come off it several months later. I also had very good online friends who emailed me regularly and we also talked through gmail chat (a bit like skype) - one is a nurse and her partner is a doctor so they were able to help a great deal. More recently we have had family therapy which was initiated for a different reason which has helped.

My suggestion is that you see your doctor and if necessary insist that you have someone with you for support (husband as an example  :) ) and be completely honest about how you're feeling. If your doctor isn't very helpful think seriously about changing your doctor. Going to the mental health team might also be another avenue to go down. You don't have to be long term mentally ill to suffer with a mental illness and the mental health team are there to help.

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sunflower  Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:10 am 

Ezel, thank you for that. I am already waiting for an appointment with the mental health team for grief councelling after the death of my mum. I will ask them about the CBT. I had tablets when we lived in Coventry, but they made me fly and I didn't like that.